Career Update

Lommen Abdo is pleased to announce the election of Sara Wilson to a two-year term on the firm’s board. Sara works in both transactional and litigation matters, with a special emphasis in agribusiness and agriculture. She obtained a B.A. from the University of Minnesota, a J.D. at the William Mitchell College of Law and graduated …

Sara Wilson ’00

Lommen Abdo is pleased to announce the election of Cameron Kelly to a two-year term on the firm’s board. Cameron’s practice includes assisting clients with comprehensive estate planning and he also has a special interest in the estate, gift and income taxation of estates and trusts.  He graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College with a B.A. …

Cameron Kelly ’03

Fredrikson & Byron has elected  Jeri L. Parkin as a new shareholder. Jeri is from Hastings, Minn. and attended the Mitchell/Hamline School of Law. Jeri L. Parkin is a member of the Real Estate, Mergers & Acquisitions and Debt Finance Groups. Parkin represents business owners, developers, private equity groups and investors on all facets of …

Jeri Parkin ’02

Angela Lallemont has been named a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) and achieved board certification as a Family Trial Law Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) Class of 2009

Angela Lallemont ’09

Patricia Assmann ’04 has been awarded Real Estate Board Certification status by The Florida Bar. Board certification demonstrates a lawyer’s significant commitment to and experience in a specialty field of law.  Florida has over 100,000 lawyers and she has become one of only about 400 lawyers who are Board Certified in Real Estate.

Patricia Assmann ’04

von Briesen & Roper, s.c. is excited to announce that Victoria L. Seltun has joined the Firm as a Shareholder in its Eau Claire office. She has more than 25 years of experience in all areas of labor and employment law for both the public and private sector. She holds a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion …

Victoria Seltun ’92

Sarah B. Bennett joined Fredrikson & Byron as an officer in the Real Estate, Corporate & Securities, Bank & Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups.

Sarah Bennett ’08

Maria Christu has joined Latitude as the Director of Legal Recruiting & Placement the company’s Minneapolis, Minnesota office. In this role, she works with experienced attorneys, paralegals, legal operations professionals and compliance officers in Minnesota and nationwide to place them in sophisticated flexible engagement and permanent positions with Latitude’s legal department and law firm clients. Latitude’s …

Maria Christu ’88

Chris Johnston has created only the second law museum in the United States and one of four known in the world. She practices in the Cities and in Des Moines as well. She is a Certified Civil Trial Specialist (MSBA). Housed in the fully functional private courtroom at Law Group of Iowa, the primary focus …

Chris Johnston ’01